The mother of an Australian man who died after injecting his scrotum with silicone as part of an inflation fetish confronted his American bondage master in an episode of The Project.

The episode of the Australian news affairs program, which aired Tuesday on Channel 10, Linda Chapman, mother of Jack Chapman, said someone convinced her son into injecting his scrotum with silicone.

According to the Daily Mail, Chapman confronted Dylan Hafertepen, Jack’s reported bondage partner and blamed him for her son’s death. Chapman instructed Hafertepen to leave her house.

“What sort of person injects into their balls … What sort of person does that?” Chapman asked Hafertepen while in tears.

“Someone who feels so badly about themselves, someone who was vulnerable, who just wanted your love at any cost .. and the cost of his life.”

According to his autopsy, the 28-year-old Jack — also known as “Pup Tank” — died from silicone embolism syndrome in October. Jack was reportedly part of a cult fetish scene spearheaded by Hafertepen, where followers were required to have large scrotums along to go with their hulking physiques.

Jack’s mother claimed she didn’t learn about her son’s disorder until a day after his death.

Chapman said she didn’t know Jack was in the hospital under an induced coma before his eventual demise.

“I never got to hold him, I never got to hug him. I never got to say goodbye,” she said on the show.

Linda Chapman holds a picture of her son, Jack, while talking to Dylan Hafertepen during a confrontation on an episode of The Project. (YouTube)

According to Seattle-based independent newspaper The Stranger, Jack was one of many men, nicknamed “pups,” linked to Hafertepen as part of a polyamourous “self-made family” where the men cater to the needs of the master in hopes of winning his affection.

On social media, Hafertepen was known as Noodles and Beef, where he’d regularly post photos of the bulging boys who served him.

Dylan Hafertepen. (YouTube)

The Daily Mail reported in the weeks leading to his death, Jack left a US$200,000 inheritance in his will to Hafertepen.

The Project documented Hafertepen flying from Seattle to Melbourne, where he returned Jack’s ashes to his family.

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